Improvement in carriage-spring



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were) @anni @time THOMAS JT snEARs, or YPSILANTI, MIC-H'1GAN.

Letters Patent No. 83,21'7, dated October 2i), 1868.

The` Schedulereferreito in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the'lunile.

To whom it may concern: l Be it known that, THoMAs J. SHEABS, ofYpsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw, and State of Michigan', haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Springs; and I do declarethat the following is a true and accuratedescription thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,` and -to the letters \0freference marked thereon, and being a part of this-speciication.

l The object of this invention is to construct a cheap,

elastic, 4and durable spring, for 'use under all kinds of vehicleswheresprings are required, and which 'may 'v be attached to the axleongitudinallyor transversely, as may be most desirable.

` In constructing th's spring, I take a proper piece of steel, A, whichI bend into the form of a triple c-spring, .as shown in thc drawings,and provided with a stem,

B, the lower end of which lshould rest upon the axle- O, or be rigidlyatt-ached'to the lower side of said sprin'g, thence passing u wardsthrough proper slots in the springs, and in t e position shown, throughthetop of the spring, where it maybe surmounted with a proper cap, A srail, E, lof a wagon. Betw'eeuthebends'ofthesprings,

D, which shoun be'rigidiy fastened vn). the

in order to strengthenthem, and surrounding said stem,

I place the coiled wire, .springs F, or the rubber springs with thesubsidiary springs -H,'when arranged s ul'istane tially as hereindescribed, Y,

Witnesses L. C. HYDE,

GEO. SUVAD.

THOMAS mysnnnns.;

